Need a place to shop for UPS

[Polemus]

I have a ups requirement.

I have about 7 Staff members, all running their PC's, i need to have backup support for about 8 hours.

Where can i get a UPS for this, more or less what is the price.

my budget is in the 8k range

 

[Rocket-Boy]

You wont find anything that can hold 7 pc's for 8 hours in the R8k range.
You can try inverters but you would probably be lucky to get a single one holding 2 pc's for around 4 hours and they are R3k+ each.

 

[Polemus]

You wont find anything that can hold 7 pc's for 8 hours in the R8k range.
You can try inverters but you would probably be lucky to get a single one holding 2 pc's for around 4 hours and they are R3k+ each.

budget not rally an issue.... what will it take to run 7 pc's for around 8hrs?

I need one unit... don't wanna string more than one together? it would be nice to get a link of some sort... a quote will also do

 

[Jola]

Here we go again, people wasting money because of Eskom 's cr*p.

#ProudlyBroughtByANC

 

[drs]

The first step is that you need to establish what the total typical power consumption of those PCs is, so that you can calculate how large a battery you need for the run time target.

For eight hours run time, though, I'd suggest that you should rather be looking for a generator, perhaps with a smaller UPS to keep the PCs running while the generator starts up and when you switch back to mains. Batteries are expensive, need to be replaced every two to five years (depending on how frequently they're drained), and you're going to need a heap of them to last for eight hours, even if it were just a single PC.

 

[Del Piero 10]

No chance of you finding a UPS that will power up 7 pc's for 8hrs.

 

[catman37]

You can look here

http://www.upsdirect.co.za/

 

[Polemus]

No chance of you finding a UPS that will power up 7 pc's for 8hrs.

got one at home.... no name so i can't even track the supplier..

runs 4 pc's.... router.... modems... printer...dstv decoder... and my tv for around 6 hours..... cost was about 35k 7 years back

 

[catman37]

Question. Have you replaced batteries on that UPS ?

got one at home.... no name so i can't even track the supplier..

runs 4 pc's.... router.... modems... printer...dstv decoder... and my tv for around 6 hours..... cost was about 35k 7 years back

 

[Del Piero 10]

got one at home.... no name so i can't even track the supplier..

runs 4 pc's.... router.... modems... printer...dstv decoder... and my tv for around 6 hours..... cost was about 35k 7 years back

For that price you might as well buy a generator. Check the details on the UPS & do a search.

 

[Segg]

Either get a whole lot of cheap UPS's, remove their batteries then hook them up to a bank of truck batteries, that should keep the power up

Failing that, just get the cheap UPS's to keep the computers running whilst you start a generator

 

[HeftyCrab]

The first step is that you need to establish what the total typical power consumption of those PCs is, so that you can calculate how large a battery you need for the run time target.

For eight hours run time, though, I'd suggest that you should rather be looking for a generator, perhaps with a smaller UPS to keep the PCs running while the generator starts up and when you switch back to mains. Batteries are expensive, need to be replaced every two to five years (depending on how frequently they're drained), and you're going to need a heap of them to last for eight hours, even if it were just a single PC.

Id also rather go for a generator.

 

[Polemus]

Question. Have you replaced batteries on that UPS ?

not yet.... dreading the day that i will need to

 

[Messugga]

For that price you might as well buy a generator. Check the details on the UPS & do a search.

Running PCs directly off of a generator is a terrible idea. The power a generator creates is dirty as hell. Excellent way to damage more sensitive electronics.

If you really want to use a generator, push it through a line-interactive UPS to at least clean up the signal a bit. You'll need a fairly beefy UPS to handle the power draw of 7 PCs though (potentially - depends on the machines) which will probably come with a fair amount of battery capacity anyway.

 

[MrR]

If your employees don't need to be office bound, why not acquire laptops and let them work from home/mobile office?

 

[Sonic2k]

The closest you'll get to 8 hours is a decent sinewave inverter and several hernia inducing batteries.
I work with this stuff every day, feel free to PM me for accurate info.

Beyond 6 hours I'd say you are better off with a KIPOR diesel generator, they're quiet and efficient as hell.